Prime Connections

by David Pleacher

Here is a prime list of prime "facts" for primes less than 100.
2 The number of points for a safety in football is 2.
3 Racing legend Dale Earnhardt drove a car with the number 3 on it.
5 There are 5 books in the Torah.
7 There are 7 Wonders of the World.
11 The number of players on a football team who are on the field at one time is 11.
13 A baker’s dozen is a group of 13.
17 A movie called Stalag 17 was directed by Billy Wilder.
19 The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.
23 Human beings have 23 pairs of chromosomes.
29 In a Leap Year, the number of days in February is 29.
31 Baskin Robbins offers 31 flavors of ice cream.
37 The normal body temperature for humans is 37 degrees Celsius.
41 The Chicago Bears retired Brian Piccolo’s number 41.
43 The number for Richard Petty's race car when he won his 7 Winston Cup
Championships was 43.
47 The favorite number of Pomona College in California is 47.
53 Darryl Hawkins, Don Drysdale, and Artis Gilmore all wore number 53 on their
uniforms.
59 Simon & Garfunkel sang “Feelin’ Groovy,” also known as the “59th Street Bridge
Song.”
61 Bob Dylan released an album called "Highway 61 Revisited.”
67 The number of counties in Alabama is 67.
71 The atomic number of Lutetium is 71.
73 The most number of homeruns hit in one season is 73 by Barry Bonds.
79 Pompeii was buried by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
83 In Judaism, when someone reaches age 83, they may celebrate a second bar
mitzvah.
89 Mike Ditka wore # 89 on his uniform.
97 For every 400 years in the Gregorian Calendar, there are 97 Leap Years.